Nanoscience has developed rapidly in the past decades with the help of various nanoscale tools, such as scanning microscopy, electron microscopy, and theoretical simulation. Since discovery of novel nano-materials and its development strongly depends on the new nanoscale technologies, newly emerging nano technologies are essential for leading nano science and the realization of nano electronics. This thematic series introduces and reviews recent advances in the emerging nanoscale methodologies for characterizing structural, chemical, electronic, and magnetic properties.
Review
Nanomaterials have recently been found to exhibit auxetic behavior, or a negative Poisson’s ratio, whereby the lateral dimensions of the material expand, rather than shrink, in response to applied tensile load...
Nano Convergence 2017 4:10
Published on: 16 April 2017
Review
Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (spin-STM/S) have been successfully applied to magnetic characterizations of individual nanostructures. Spin-STM/S is often performed in magnetic f...
Nano Convergence 2017 4:8
Published on: 6 April 2017
Review
Quantum systems in confined geometries allow novel physical properties that cannot easily be attained in their bulk form. These properties are governed by the changes in the band structure and the lattice symm...
Nano Convergence 2017 4:6
Published on: 29 March 2017
